Off-Guard Records

Max Power's Revenge on Tour

2012-02-14T16:21:00.000-05:00

Jesse announces Max Power's Revenge on tour Late Feb & March.

Feb 17 - w/ Spikedrivers @ Woodlands [Grandview, OH]
Feb 22 - @ Kickstand Pub [Westerville, OH]
Feb 24 - w/ Theo's Loose Hinges @ Scarlet & Grey [OSU Campus]
Feb 25 - w/ Spruce Campbells & Lost Revival @ Skullys

Mar 2 - @ Mayhalls [Lakewood, OH]
Mar 3 - @ Parkview Night Club [Cleveland, OH]
Mar 5 - @ Goodfoot [Portland, OR]
Mar 8 - @ Black Forest [Eugene, OR]
Mar 9 - @ Lil Red Lion [Eureka, CA]
Mar 11 @ Giordano Brothers [San Francisco]
Mar 14 @ Grant & Green [San Francisco]

MLK "I Have A Dream" (Amazing Discovery! synchs to 122 bpm groove)

2011-01-18T14:54:00.002-05:00

MLK "I Have A Dream" (Amazing Discovery! synchs to 122 bpm groove) by OffGuardRecords

Play Martin Luther Kings famous speech and at the same time play a drumbeat that is exactly 122 beats per minute. Even his pauses are in synch. This is a truly inspired speech delivered by the greatest orator of our time.

JMB & Steph Rogers - Duets at Rubys

2010-11-06T15:58:00.005-04:00

SoHud Music Festival 2010

2010-09-27T02:07:00.000-04:00

At the SoHud Music Festival, I had the joy and privilege to perform live on some of the greatest songs ever. I got to sing with some great singers and play with some great players. Thanks to Steph & Sara & Everyone else who made this possible.

Neil Young Songs in Athens

2010-05-28T00:27:00.006-04:00

Joey Hebdo, Happy Chichester, and I wanted to sing together. So, we took a trip to Athens, OH and sang the following. What a treat!

SoHud Super Show III: The Zeppelin Set

2010-02-27T02:53:00.000-05:00

On perhaps the iciest, snowiest, nastiest day of the year, we warmed each other up with the laser hot guitar licks and fire-breathing vocals of Led Zeppelin. (Cue Gil Graham). One of the funnest days in Columbus music history, we really got to stretch each other out and test our limits. I participated on two of the eight songs in the set.

Panama Jazz Festival

2010-01-27T05:42:00.005-05:00

Eniro 2010, I had the privilege to travel to Panama as a recording engineer for Danilo Perez -[Wayne Shorter Quartet] and Rob Griffin. I worked all over the city with mics and portable recording equipment in charge of recording and archiving the Panama Jazz Festival. I worked closely with jazz greats John Patitucci, Joe Lovano, Ellis Marsalis, Jamey Haddad, Liz Wright, and Terri Lyne Carrington.

I also spent some time in the sacred dense jungle on the border of Panama and Colombia, known as The Darien Gap.

I was shown generous hospitality by the Kuna Yala indigenous people, and the Earth Train team, committed to the conservation of this beautiful place. [Earth Train Brochure pdf]. There were 4 thatch-roofed, open-aired houses for the travelers, scientists, musicians, and other visitors. Earth Train was dedicated to re-foresting much of the land that had been decimated by cattle farmers. We had a kitchen, lights, and satellite internet -- all powered by a small diversion of the river and a 4" paddle wheel. This next video is of my friend Juanito hanging out, playing some guitar, as little Adriano illustrates La Guerra Grande

Vamp Vultures - "Armisitce Day" (Featuring George Carlin)

2009-11-11T02:34:00.004-05:00

"When I was a boy, all the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of Armistice Day, which was the eleventh day of the eleventh month."

It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another. I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence was the Voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when God spoke clearly to mankind.

Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not.

So I will throw Veterans' Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don't want to throw away any sacred things.

What else is sacred? Oh, Romeo and Juliet, for instance.

And all music is."

Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast of Champions (1973)

Vamp Vultures - "Armisitce Day" on Soundcloud

Our gift to veterans everywhere on what is truly a sacred day: Public awareness and public awakening through music.

Recorded live at SoHud Studios, Columbus, Ohio

Colin Martin: Sax
Jesse Michael Barr: Guitar
Marc Subel: Bass
Justin Campell: Drums
Brad Poure: Guitar
Jeffro Jam: Mini-Moog

Engineer, Wayne Shorter Quartet

2009-09-27T21:33:00.003-04:00

Fantastic opportunity came my way recently when Rob Griffin, Producer Wayne Shorter Quartet, called me up and asked me to be an assistant engineer on a leg of a tour. We played US cities, including Ann Arbor, MI and Baltimore, MD. I mostly positioned mics, engineered monitors, and helped with the recordings. Wayne brought in Imani Winds from New York to help perform his compositions. The band sounded great. It was a real treat to get to meet and work with these guys.

Wayne Shorter | Danilo Perez | John Patitucci | Brain Blade

Jesse Henry & I Do a Dylan Concert

2008-06-30T03:56:00.004-04:00

Our love for Bob Dylan overfloweth. His 67th Birthday was in May 2008. To honor the man and his music, I called about a dozen of my friends and we put together one killer show for the folks in Ohio. This show featured Jon Elliott, Jesse Henry, Phil Clark, Ben Meinhold, Za Henson, Jason Quicksall, Nick Taylor, Kenan Edler, and more and more....

I played guitar mostly but sang a little. Use the player below to hear some of the recordings.

Various Jazz Recordings Featuring Derek Dicenzo

2007-10-04T23:13:00.000-04:00

Here's a collection of jazz recordings I engineered and mixed in the SoHud Studio. They feature one of my all-time favorite musicians, Derek Dicenzo. 3 of these feature Derek on bass, Bret Burlson on guitar, and Andy Zehnal on drums. Songs by "Pooma" highlight Derek on guitar. Enjoy

Vamp Vultures - Soft Spiritual Machines

2003-09-28T15:49:00.001-04:00

This session marks my introduction to and acceptance of modal music. Essentially, it's Eastern music that revolves around a central key, or drone. In this session, we used Western instruments to improvise textures and sounds, creating a kaleidoscope of harmonies and colors relative to the fundamental tone. Entire session was improvised {no overdubs, no cutting and pasting, no script}

Best listened to with headphones. Let the film play in your head.

Tabla: Ohm Patel

Violin: Meg Palmer

Acoustic Guitar: Jesse Michael Barr

Bass: Ben Lamb

Electric Guitar: Brad Poure

DJ: Chuck Johnson

Director: The Source

Engineer: Kevin Dippold

Mixing & Editing: Jesse Michael Barr

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